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U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine 1st District
Updated: December 16, 2022
Solar projects in Gorham and South Berwick surge forward with federal funding
Two solar projects in southern Maine that are expected to generate more than 16 million kilowatt hours of combined electricity in their first full year of operation will receive close to $20 million in federal funding.
Funding for the Gorham and South Berwick projects is made possible through the Inflation Reduction Act, a landmark federal law signed into law by President Biden in August.
"These two solar projects will jump-start clean energy in my district and lower energy costs in rural Maine," U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-1st District, said in the funding announcement.
Awarded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Energy for America Program, the Maine projects are part of a $285 million investment in critical infrastructure to combat climate change and expand access to clean energy for people across rural America.
The funding includes $9.9 million for Gorham ME 1 LLC to build a 6.9 megawatt, direct current, ground-mounted solar project in unnamed Gorham location.
That project has interconnection and net energy billing agreements in place with Central Maine Power Co. It is expected to produce 9,140,000 kilowatt hours of electricity in the first full year of operation.
Federal authorities also awarded $9.93 million for Knight’s Pond Solar LLC to build a 4.98 MW, DC, ground-mounted solar project in South Berwick at an undisclosed location.
The South Berwick project has interconnection and net energy billing agreements in place with Central Maine Power and is expected to produce 7,053,032 kilowatt hours of electricity in the first full year of operation.
Each project will create three jobs that pay an average of $30 an hour.
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